At least 11 policemen were martyred and seven sustained injuries after kacha bandits attacked their vans with rockets in a riverine area of Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan on Thursday.
The horrific attack occurred in the Machka area located in one of Rahim Yar Khan’s riverine areas.
Police officials told the media that two police vans with more than 20 cops were trapped in rainwater in the locality when bandits launched rockets at them.
As a result of the fierce attack, nearly a dozen cops were martyred while seven others were wounded and four went missing, the police added.